"I didn't try to stand guard," replied Roswell with a laugh; "I was lying down all the time."
"Why didn't you keep awake?"
"Because I fell asleep, and you would have done the same if you hadn't kept awake."
"Probably I should—most people do; but what do you think of it, Roswell?"
"First tell me something to think of."
His cousin told all that he had seen the night before.
"There can't be any doubt that Hardman and one, if not all three of those fellows, are plotting mischief. It might have been one of the others who signalled to and met him. I think we ought to tell Jeff."
"We'll do so before night. It isn't likely Hardman suspects anything, and you will have no trouble in finding the chance."
"You think it best that I should tell Jeff?"
"By all means, since you will tell what you saw. Such things are best first-hand; but neither of us will say anything to Tim."